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Research article
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05 Sep 2018
Research article |
| 05 Sep 2018
| 05 Sep 2018
A constraint upon the basal water distribution and thermal state of the Greenland Ice Sheet from radar bed echoes
Bristol Glaciology Centre, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Christopher N. Williams
Bristol Glaciology Centre, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Now at British Geological Survey, Nottingham, UK
Dustin M. Schroeder
Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Yasmina M. Martos
Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Michael A. Cooper
Bristol Glaciology Centre, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Martin J. Siegert
Grantham Institute and Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK
John D. Paden
Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
Philippe Huybrechts
Earth System Science and Departement Geografie, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Jonathan L. Bamber
Bristol Glaciology Centre, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Short summary
Here, via analysis of radio-echo sounding data, we place a new observational constraint upon the basal water distribution beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet. In addition to the outlet glaciers, we demonstrate widespread water storage in the northern and eastern ice-sheet interior, a notable feature being a "corridor" of basal water extending from NorthGRIP to Petermann Glacier. The basal water distribution and its relationship with basal temperature provides a new constraint for numerical models.
Here, via analysis of radio-echo sounding data, we place a new observational constraint upon the...
